Slightly warm sour milk; the warmth and the acidity help the scones to rise better.

Whenever I find the milk has gone sour I will always try to use it up making scones rather than throwing it away. You don't have to wait for the milk to go off though, I've had the same results adding a squeeze of lemon juice to warmed fresh milk, or using half milk/half natural yoghurt or half milk/half sour cream which is a mixture I generally use in place of buttermilk in recipes if I can't get hold of any or just won't use a whole carton up.

Heating the tray the scones will bake on is also supposed to help kick start them rising. Just keep the tray in the oven while it's preheating and then pop the cut scones onto it and then straight back into the oven so it doesn't lose it's heat.

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